Free MAP Test Practice Questions- 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Grade

The correct answer is (B).

• The key to solving this question is to recognize that the two triangles are congruent. Triangles are congruent when they have the same three sides and angles.
  
  
• To determine if the two triangles in this question are congruent, use AAS (angle, angle, side): If two triangles have two pairs of equal angles and one pair of equal sides, they are congruent. Notice: angles in a triangle add up to 180°, so if two pairs of angles are equal, the third pair must be equal as well.
  
  
• As you can see from the image, the triangles have two pairs of equal angles:
  ∠BAC = ∠EDF = 59° and ∠ABC = ∠DEF = 86°
  Additionally, they have a pair of equal sides (AB = DE = 8). Hence, given AAS, you can conclude that the two triangles (a and b) are congruent.
  
  
• Since you know that the two triangles are congruent, you can find the missing side of Triangle a (AC), which is equal to the side DF of Triangle b:
  DF = 14 and DF = AC → AC = 14             

• Now that you have all the triangle's sides, you can sum them and find the perimeter:
  8 + 12 + 14 = 20 + 14 = 34 → (B) is the correct answer.

The correct answer is (A).

• Focus on the first equation (\(x+3y=6\)) and isolate the variable x:
  X + 3Y = 6 -----> X = 6 - 3Y
• Next, place the above value of x in the second equation, solve it and find the numerical value of y:
  2X + Y = 7 ------> 2 (6 - 3Y) + Y = 7 ------> 12 - 6Y + Y = 7 -------> 12 - 5Y = 7 ------> 5 = 5Y ------> Y = 1
• Now, replace the value of y that you found in the first equation (preferably after the isolation of x, but can also be the original format), and find the numerical value of x:
  X = 6 - 3Y ------> X = 3
• (X,Y) = (3,1)
• Answer (B) is incorrect because it represents (x, y) = (1, 3), meaning x = 1 and y = 3. In the notation for coordinates, the value of x always comes first in the parentheses.
  
  
• Another way to solve this equation system is to multiply the first equation by two and subtract the second equation. This answer leaves you with a one-variable equation that is easier to solve. Once finding the value of y, you can place it in the other equation and find the value of x.
  
  
• Tip: You can also solve the question with trial and error. Replace the answer choices with the equations' variables; only the correct answer will keep both sides of both equations equal. This can save time and avoid calculation mistakes.

The correct answer is (B).

• First, George's commission on his total sales is 1%. Percentages are parts out of a hundred, meaning that one percent is one out of a hundred: 1% =1/100=0.01
  
  
• If George earns a monthly wage of 2,000 dollars, plus 1% of his total sales, it means that before the tax reduction, he earns 2000 + 0.01s.
  
  
• George pays a 15% tax on his total wage (Note: 15% = 0.15). He needs to reduce 15 out of 100 percent of his total wage (which is 2000 + 0.01s) and is left with 85% (100  - 15 = 85), which is 0.85. His monthly income after tax is therefore 0.85(2000 + 0.01s).
  The correct answer is (B) because it represents this exact equation.
  
  
• Answer (A) would have been correct if George's commission on his sales was 10% 10%=10/100=0.1.
  
  Answer (C) is incorrect because the 15% reduction excludes the tax on George's commission.
  
  Answer (D) is incorrect because the s(sales) component is missing.

The correct answer is (A).

• To solve this question, start by finding the probability that one non-yellow ball is chosen. Then find the probability that a second non-yellow ball chosen from the remaining, and finally the same with a third ball (Note that there is no replacement- a ball that has been chosen is not returning to the box and cannot be chosen again).
  
  
• Since there is a total of 10 balls in the box (3 yellow + 5 green + 2 red = 10) and three yellow balls, the probability to randomly choose a ball that is not yellow is:

7÷10 _{(number of non-yellow balls ÷ total number of balls)}

• After one (non-yellow) ball is chosen, the box still has 9 balls, 3 of which are yellow. The probability of choosing another ball that is not yellow is:

6÷9=2÷3

• After two non-yellow balls are chosen, the box still has 8 balls, 3 of which are yellow. The probability of choosing another ball that is not yellow is:

5÷8

• Finally, multiply all the probabilities you have found together to discover the probability that none of the chosen balls from the box is yellow:

(7÷10)x(2÷3)x(5÷8)=(7x2x5)÷(10x3x8)=70÷240=7÷24

→Therefore, (A) is the correct answer.

The correct answer is B.

A plot point is something that happens in the story. Dialogue refers to the words spoken between two characters. Plot points are advanced by dialogue when the reader is informed that these things happened, not by a narrator saying that they did, but from the conversations that the characters have. The reader learns that Ben taunts Tom when Ben says to him, “Say—I’m going in a-swimming, I am. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d druther work—wouldn’t you? Course you would!״ In other words, the plot point of Ben taunting Tom is advanced by the reader reading what Ben said tauntingly to Tom, not by a narrator saying that Ben taunted Tom.

A is incorrect because the narrator tells us that Tom was whitewashing the fence; we do not learn this from dialogue.

C is incorrect because Ben does not actually go swimming in the passage. We learn from dialogue that Ben was planning to go swimming, or at least that Ben told Tom that he was going swimming, but we do not ever learn from the passage if Ben does indeed go swimming.

D is incorrect because the development of Tom’s character is not a plot point. Tom’s character may be developed in the dialogue, but this is not something that happens in the story, but rather a separate literary element, so this cannot be the correct answer.

The correct answer is D.

A biography is a text that describes someone's life in the third person. It usually includes details such as time and place of birth, education, work, family life, and either time of death or current whereabouts. The passage gives the readers these details, and it is written in the third person. Therefore, it is a biography.

Answer A is incorrect because a memoir usually covers one specific aspect of the author’s life, or one period of time, while the passage above focuses on the chronology of Knight's life. A memoir is also typically written in the first person.

Answer B is incorrect because an autobiography is written by the author in the first person, while the passage is written in the third person.

Answer C is incorrect because fiction is an imaginary story, but the above passage does not appear to be imaginary, as it refers to real date and events, and explains how everyday objects were invented.

The correct answer is B. “Juggernaut” is a word that has meant different things in its history and has different connotations in different contexts even nowadays. In American English, it is generally used to refer to something immensely powerful that crushes whatever is in its way, literally or figuratively. It can have a negative or positive connotation, and its definition can be applied loosely. In this passage, it is clearly a positive connotation. The implication seems to be that Disney is big and powerful, likely in size and influence based on what is known about the organization. It would not fit the context to imply that Disney crushes anything physically, so it is likely referring to the fact that Disney surpasses its competition in popularity and influence. Even though this answer choice uses the definition very loosely, it is clearly the correct usage based on the context.Option A is incorrect because the author does not mean to imply that Disney is crushing anything.Option C is incorrect because the context does not suggest that Disney is smothering anybody financially.Option D is incorrect because this is not a connotation of the word “juggernaut.” The connotation must be pointing to Disney’s size and/or power, not the fact that it does its job well and satisfies audiences.

The correct answer is B. “Reclusive” is an adjective that describes a tendency to seclude oneself from others or from society. This can be understood from the context of the sentences as the old man rarely left his house because he had become reclusive, and George found it odd and difficult to speak to people after avoiding doing so for five years, which is described as “his reclusive behavior.”All of the other answer choices can be eliminated by studying the details of the two sentences. The context only implies something about their behavior itself, not about any particular motive or reason behind it. Unlike option B, the other answer choices claim that the word implies the reasons behind their behavior, and at these reasons do not fit with the context of at least one of the two sentences:Option A can be eliminated because it does not fit the context of the second sentence. A word that means weak and physically depleted can only describe physical things, and the second sentences uses it to describe behavior. Additionally, being used to a weak or weary condition (as the sentence states that George is according to option A) would not likely be a reason why it was strange or difficult to talk to people at a party.Option C can be eliminated because it does not make much sense in the context of the first sentence. Being an elitist would not likely prevent someone from leaving their house apart from getting the paper in the morning.Option D can be eliminated because it does not fit very well in the first sentence. Having a tendency to avoid events would not confine one to his house, as he could leave his house for other things that are not events, such as grocery shopping or visiting a friend.Option E is incorrect because it does not fit into the context of the second sentence. If George were afraid of the outdoors, that would not cause him to avoid parties for five years, as they often take place indoors, and it certainly would not prevent him from socializing at all because that can easily be done indoors.

The correct answer is B - “incredible/sensible.” These are both words that end with the suffix “ible” and not “able.”These suffixes (“able” and “ible”) mean the same thing, as they both refer to the ability to do something. Sometimes one is used, and other times the other is used. The general guideline is that when this suffix is added to a complete word (such as remark), you write “able” (to form the word remarkable), and when this suffix is used in forming a word with other affixes and Latin roots (such as impossible), or when you need to remove a vowel at the end of the word before adding it (such as reversible), you write “ible.”“Incred” is not a complete word, so “ible” is added, and not “able.” “Sense” is a word, but the “e” is removed before the suffix is added, so you write “ible” instead of “able” as well.Tip: To determine if a word is more likely to end in “able” or “ible,” check to see if when you remove the suffix, you are left with a complete word or not.Note: There are other more complicated rules in addition to this one that determine whether the suffix is “able” or “ible,” as well as exceptions to the rule, so you cannot rely on this completely to determine the correct answer, but rather it can only serve as a general guide.

The correct answer is B. “my mom and me.”“I” is always used as a subject, and “me” is always used as an object. Whenever there are nouns in relation to a verb, the subject is the noun that does the verb, and the object is the noun that the verb is done to. In this sentence, the ones that did the selecting (even though they are not mentioned) would be the subject, and the ones that were selected are the object. The narrator and his mother were selected, so the word “me” is used, not “I.” When referring to one’s own self along with another, whether as the subject or the object (“I” or “me”), the other is always listed first. These two factors leave us with B as the only option.

The correct answers are B and C. Option B is correct as the sentence is comprised of two independent clauses. The clause up until the second comma (It would be nice of you to clean after yourself once in a while, Daryl) and the clause after the second comma (you always leave your room a total mess) can each stand alone as complete sentences. Option C is correct. Since the clauses are independent and there is no conjunction or semicolon that is connecting them properly into two parts of the same sentence (only a comma, which is not good enough to connect complete thoughts), the result is a run-on sentence. A run-on sentence is defined as two independent clauses, or complete thoughts, that are improperly joined together in a single sentence. Option A is incorrect as both clauses are independent. A subordinate clause is one that cannot stand alone as a sentence, and both of the clauses in this sentence can stand alone. Option D is incorrect because the sentence does not contain any incomplete thoughts at all. A sentence fragment is essentially an incomplete sentence; it is a thought intended to be a sentence but missing at least one component required to make it a sentence. This sentence is composed of two complete thoughts, so it is certainly not a fragment. Option E is incorrect as the sentence is not instructing anything to be done, only stating information. An imperative sentence is one that instructs, such as, “Clean your room, Daryl.”

The correct answers are (A) and (D). There are four major modes of writing: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. Answer (A) is correct because the main purpose of narrative writing is to tell a story. It typically includes characters, dialogues, different situations, and conflicts. An anecdote is a brief story about a real-life incident, and therefore, narrative writing is used when writing it. Answer (D) is correct because poetry may use both narrative writing and descriptive writing. Descriptive writing is used to describe and give many details about a character, an event, a place, etc. Depending on the poem, poetry writing can be both narrative and descriptive, or only one of those. Answer (B) is incorrect because poetry, novellas, and biographies are all typically written using narrative writing. Although they may also include descriptive or expository writing, it is not true that they should not be written using the same mode of writing. Answer (C) is incorrect because persuasive writing is used when the purpose is to convince; the writer takes a stand and makes arguments and justifications supporting that stand. People use cover letters when applying for a new job, trying to convince the employer why they specifically should be hired, and therefore, they are persuasive. Advertisements are meant to convince people to buy products and are therefore persuasive as well. However, recipes only include instructions, and therefore use expository writing, not persuasive. Answer (E) is incorrect because the main purpose of descriptive writing is to create a mental image of a person, place, or object using many details and applying to the reader's senses. Explaining facts and processes is the main purpose of expository writing, not descriptive writing.